Sponsored and Co-sponsored Legislation

Cosponsored — A bill to improve purchasing of food by the Department of Agriculture, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to establish an Office of Prison Education, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to establish the Global Climate Change Resilience Strategy, to authorize the admission of climate-displaced persons into the United States, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to establish a grant program for institutions of higher education to implement patient-centered academic counseling services for student survivors of sexual assault and other violence.

Cosponsored — A bill to establish the Office of the Ombudsperson for Immigrant Children in Immigration Custody, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — Lori Jackson-Nicolette Elias Domestic Violence Survivor Protection Act

Sponsored — A bill to promote equity in advanced coursework and programs at elementary and secondary schools.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to divert certain parents of minor children, expectant parents, and other caregivers from incarceration and into comprehensive programs providing resources, services, and training to those individuals and their families.

Sponsored — A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to expand eligibility for supportive services for very low-income veterans families to include former members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to extend to Black veterans of World War II, and surviving spouses and certain direct descendants of such veterans, eligibility for certain housing loans and educational assistance administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to safeguard the humane treatment of pregnant women by ensuring the presumption of release and prohibiting shackling, restraining, and other inhumane treatment of pregnant detained noncitizens, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to enable the people of Puerto Rico to choose a permanent, nonterritorial, fully self-governing political status for Puerto Rico and to provide for a transition to and the implementation of that permanent, nonterritorial, fully self-governing political status, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to enhance our Nation's nurse and physician workforce by recapturing unused immigrant visas.

Cosponsored — A bill to divert Federal funding away from supporting the presence of police in schools and toward evidence-based and trauma informed services that address the needs of marginalized students and improve academic outcomes, and for other purposes.

Sponsored — A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to require licenses to acquire or receive firearms, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Controlled Substances Act to allow for the use of telehealth in substance use disorder treatment, and for other purposes.

Sponsored — Reducing Obesity in Youth Act of 2023

Sponsored — Preventing Child Labor Exploitation Act

Cosponsored — All Students Count Act of 2023